Post by Mikearoo on Jan 23, 2013 12:58:01 GMT -5

I know almost nothing about dieting, just to get that out of the way first. I am blindly following a plan given to me by someone who knows me well and my eating habits, and knows health and fitness well because they have a thyroid condition. I have been on this diet for a couple weeks now and I have to say that it really has been easy. It comes from changing my way of thinking about food. The #1 change is:

Food is fuel for my body. It isn't for enjoyment.

Not to say that I don't occasionally eat for pleasure, on the whole I eat to fuel my body. I "cheat" one day a week or less. This time I'm going 2 weeks.

Once that changes for you, you will start to embrace the way your stomach feels with less or no carbs in it. Just start snacking on carrots and hummus or rolled up low far turkey breast or ham, no cheese. Add meats to our salads, that's a major help. Little to no dressing. Bake off 3-5 lean chicken breasts and munch on those.

If you just cut out carbs (meaning don't ever eat bread rice pasta potatoes etc, not Atkins) and rwduce fats, you can eat a ton of food. Just have to choose the right foods. I actually feel full often but am well below my target of 1500 calories a day.

Hope this helps!

If anyone who hasn't already added me on MFP, my sn is the same here and there. Good luck and keep logging into mfp!!!

Post by mizvalentine on Jan 23, 2013 14:28:12 GMT -5

Good luck!! It's be nice of you could post a general idea of what you're eating because I know you're going for ketosis and I may do the same. Also how many carbs you're eating and your progress

Keto is tough...good luck. Remember to check whatever your entering into MFP because not everything thing on MFP is accurate. The right nutritional information is always on the package.

I wanted to add, I found thru long difficult experience that if I do VLC (less than 20 gms/day of carbs) I lose exactly nothing even when controlling for calories. I know it doesn't make sense but the only thing that started me losing again was moving up to ~50-75gms/day. I assume its some hormonal/blood sugar issue. In any case, when I added one small potato to my VLC diet and started losing again fast. I think the "correct" carb level varies a lot from person to person and small tweaks in carb level (esp when you're under 100 gms/day) can make a huge difference.

ETA: I'm in ketosis at both levels confirmed by ketostix. Though my ketostix results are always weak, probably because I drink craploads of water and work out a lot. So don't get frustrated if that's the way you're measuring progress, lots of folks don't spill ketones in urine even if they're in ketosis!

I measured out about 17 "servings" worth to calculate the recipe on MFP (2 servings in my dinner tonight). Along with a pile of baby spinach and cucumbers (there's diced cucs on the salad as well as the extra on the side), my dinner is only 246 calories and I will guarantee you that it is SUPER tasty and will fill me up

EDIT:And this is what it looks like without the extra cucs and spinach:

Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Jan 23, 2013 17:28:26 GMT -5

Jeez. I did great with the Thin Thursday challenge last week! Also hiked in the cold for 6 miles on Saturday. However, having a chef make foie gras and cheese plates, lamb chops with risotto, and bring me pastries...well that didn't do me so well. So back on track as of yesterday. Did pretty great today. No alcohol since the weekend. Gotta get on and log in.

Post by Scrog on Jan 23, 2013 20:15:17 GMT -5

Quacking bitches at work! They had to bring donuts in and they had to have a red velvet donut. I am not going to lie, it was good, but now I fell like sh!t. My diet has been good, no soda! working out is another story. I am weak when it comes to that, literally. Guess I need to step it up and joing the inforoo fitness group.

Post by GABFRAB on Jan 23, 2013 22:27:21 GMT -5

Dang bonz that salad looks so quacking good. Now I have to eat something at three in the morning because it induced hunger haha.

I drank some OJ and pulled through just fine.

Nope. Caved in.

I've been back on the food regimen I was doing last winter: microwave veggies with hummus, Cheerios with vanilla almond milk, plus a ton of caffeine and water. That's mostly taken in the form of raw coffee grounds which are icky but they do what I need them to. I change it all up a little but that's about 85% of what I eat. I don't get many hunger pangs but do have thoughts of gobbling down truck stop gutbombs about ten times a day. If I ever get rich I'm going to give up on life and spend all day naked in a fish tank full of Mondo Burgers and Red Bull.

One morning not long ago I found a bunch of McDonald's coupons scattered all over our porch. Some of them were for breakfast sandwiches and there is a McD just a couple blocks from me. I took the coupons as a sign haha and broke down. This is despite what happened the last time I ate McDonald's.

I stopped there the night I left Roo. A couple hours later I was tipped over in pain, incapacitated on a rest stop's lawn, fertilizing the piss reek grass with vomity special sauce. Thankfully I didn't get sick this time and was even rewarded with a hobo on the phone in there. He talked about all the times he's been in jail and scams he's currently attempting (stepping on a nail he'd plant at a restaurant was his best idea). I listened in on him for almost an hour and he kept me entertained. Thanks, porch coupon.

Post by surfbumdj on Jan 24, 2013 2:30:00 GMT -5

Quacking bitches at work! They had to bring donuts in and they had to have a red velvet donut. I am not going to lie, it was good, but now I fell like sh!t. My diet has been good, no soda! working out is another story. I am weak when it comes to that, literally. Guess I need to step it up and joing the inforoo fitness group.

Glad you logged in today, Scrog... I was about to call you out like you asked! What's your weight loss by Wanee goal? 83 days!!

Post by bonzai on Jan 24, 2013 2:56:51 GMT -5

I kind of forgot about Thin Thursday. My weakness is wine and tonight I am doing happy hour with my parents... I am really not sure if that's possible- especially when I'm not paying. Would it count if I had a martini?

Post by surfbumdj on Jan 24, 2013 3:04:50 GMT -5

I kind of forgot about Thin Thursday. My weakness is wine and tonight I am doing happy hour with my parents... I am really not sure if that's possible- especially when I'm not paying. Would it count if I had a martini?

Good job, Scrog! MFP is now yelling at LLL...

I think martini's are way better than wine because no carbs, but I'm just guessing. Besides, you can have a martini dirty which is a plus, all you get with wine is sweet or dry.

Edit: I just weighed in at 219.5. That's down 10.5 since I started but up 1.5 since my last weigh in about a week ago. Wtf. I've been staying on point. Bullshyt

Post by mizvalentine on Jan 24, 2013 14:40:01 GMT -5

I wouldn't worry about a 1.5lb weight fluctuation over a week if you've been conscientious. Unless you consumed an extra 5300 calories since your last weigh-in its not real. If you google 'whoosh effect' you'll find some reassuring info...its theoretical but I've experienced it quite a bit. My weight tends to plateau or even go up a bit (1-2 lbs) right before I have a "whoosh" and go down 5-8lbs in a few days. I forget the details but its something about hormones and water retention once you start burning fat.